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Philip Cox
That probably relates to my late father. He was around 30 when he met my mother, and was always very vague when I asked him about his life before then. I know 5 or 6 years were taken up with WW2, but what he did when he was younger will always be an unsolved mystrery for me.
Philip Cox
I'd probably say (at the risk of it being a cliché) Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. 'Hound of the Baskervilles' is a story I have read many times. Watson is the perfect foil to Holmes, although in the books Watson isn't the bumbling buffoon in the way Nigel Green plays him in the Rathbone movies.
Oddly enough, my favourite Holmes/Watson story isn't by Conan Doyle, but by David Stuart Davies. It's called 'The Reichenbach Secret' and tells the story of their last meeting, in 1916. It's a short story, but the final three paragraphs will leave a tear in the eye.
Oddly enough, my favourite Holmes/Watson story isn't by Conan Doyle, but by David Stuart Davies. It's called 'The Reichenbach Secret' and tells the story of their last meeting, in 1916. It's a short story, but the final three paragraphs will leave a tear in the eye.
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Philip Cox
I always have a little notepad and pencil around, in the car, next to the bed, so if I get an idea I can jot it down, work it through. I enjoy walking, and I might use that time for thinking through ideas. Ideally, once I sit down at the laptop, I've already got n idea of that I'm going to type.
Philip Cox
My new book 'No Place to Die', comes out on Kindle February 20th, so I'm getting things ready for that. PLUS marketing the other seven. PLUS thinking about the next!
Philip Cox
Find a genre you're really comfortable with, and write. It's very hard work, boring at times, but very rewarding (I don't mean financially). Everybody's busy: like with all important things, you just have to find the time. If it's important enough, you will.
Philip Cox
I used to be a Bank Manager, and began writing when I took a career break to be s stay at home parent. The best thing about being a writer for me is the ability to do something I really enjoy (I didn't enjoy selling insurance) at a time which fits in with school runs, etc. That might mean after the morning school drop off, or in the evening, maybe. I can be as flexible as I want.
Then there's the thrill of seeing my book there on the Amazon sales page, or opening the package with the first paperback!
Then there's the thrill of seeing my book there on the Amazon sales page, or opening the package with the first paperback!
Philip Cox
On the times when I am confronted with this, I find it best to write something, anything. Most often, I will write a future chapter, and then figure out how I'm going to get the story there. Not the end of the book, but maybe one of the final five or six chapters.
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